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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.48

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: through Bharadvāja's power, trees become drummers, cymbal-players, dancers, and attendants, while other trees and creepers take women's forms

2.85.48

śiṃśapāmalakī jambūr yāś cānyāḥ kānane latāḥ
pramadā vigrahaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājāśrame 'vasan

Śiṃśapā, āmalakī, jambū, and whatever other creepers there are in the forest, taking on the form of women, dwelt in Bharadvāja's hermitage.

Words: śiṃśapāmalakī — Śiṃśapā and āmalakī; jambūr — jambū (rose-apple); yāś cānyāḥ — and whatever others; kānane — in the forest; latāḥ — creepers; pramadā — (became) women; vigrahaṃ — form, body; kṛtvā — having taken on; bharadvājāśrame — in Bharadvāja's hermitage; 'vasan — dwelt

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.